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Iran and Iraq war circa 1980-88 This War started Saddam Hussien downfall and influenced the decision to invade Kuwait. Refer to economic ruin of Iraq after 8yrs of war with Iran and price of Oil during early 1990s' that and Kuwaiti 'Horizontal drilling' into Iraq oil reserves fueled first Gulf War. Fears of Shia insurgency among Iraq's long suppressed Shia majority influenced by Iran's Islamic revolution led too 8yrs of war that left both Iranian Shia and Iraqi (Sunni) Saddam Hussien weaker and ripe for outside intervention. In Iraq 08' the Shiite insurgency is
the largest because of majority of population is Shiite-despite the depiction of the Al Qaeda
(Sunni) insurgency in Iraq is according too NIE 08' National Intelligence Estimate 19 US intelligence agencies inclding.-CIA and NSA etc. evidence states- makes up no more than 2-3%of insurgency against the US occupation forces.